Novel Approaches to Combating Therapeutic Resistance

Novel Approaches to Combating Therapeutic Resistance
November 18, 2019

Monday, November 18, 2019, at 4:00 pm

Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue

Reception to follow

The Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies presents a special evening of lectures by preeminent scholars on new approaches to solving some of the most serious health issues of the 21st century: antibiotic resistance in treating pathogenic bacteria and chemotherapeutic resistance in treating cancers.

Featured Scholars

Jessica Cunningham, Moffitt Cancer Institute

Elsa Hansen, Penn State

Hesper Rego, Yale University

Joshua Weitz, Georgia Tech

Registration is required and seating is limited. To register, please visit https://yibs-workshop.eventbrite.com

Sponsored by the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies and the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

For questions, contact Michael Hochberg at mehochberg@gmail.com

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